It is very important to decide exactly what you are going to
meditate on before beginning. Then stay with the decision
throughout the meditationand make every effort to avoid the
tendency to become distracted andtake off in a new direction. The
Shum language as a tool for guiding the meditator is very
helpful because the individual's awareness is precisely held
within the chosen area. This is similar to how we must discipline
ourselves to be successful in outer activities. To become
distracted is unacceptable. Successful people finish what they
begin. It is possible to learn to meditate extremely well but be
unsuccessful in practicing it if the meditator allows himself to
become sidetracked once the inside of the mind has opened. To be
successful one has to be very, very firm with oneself when
beginning a meditation. Each meditation must be performed in the
way it was intended to be performed when the meditation was
begun.

To be successful in meditation, we have to bring the mind into
a disciplined state. Indisciplined people can never be told what
to do, because they will not listen. Their awareness is wafted
around by every little fancy that comes along. Those who really
want to make progress in meditation and continue to do so and
better themselves year after year after year have to approach
this art in an extremely positive and systematic way. Here,
again, the Shum language can be a great help. A devotee must be
determined to go deep within and realize the Self, but some may
give up along the way. This is because at times the shakti
power became very strong within them and their inner nerve system
was not ready to receive the impact. Others were successful
because they were more disciplined, and when their inner power
came up, they enjoyed its intensity by holding it steady within
the spine. They rested in the bliss of awareness, aware only of
itself. They then continued the meditation as planned after the
power began to wane.

Remember, when the kundalini force becomes strong within you
during a meditation, just sit and be aware that you are aware, a
blissful state called kaef in Shum, the language of
meditation. You will feel very positive and experience yourself
as a great, big ball of energy. When the energy begins to wane,
try to absorb it into every cell of your external body, then
continue your meditation exactly where you left off.

In this way, you will build a strong, disciplined nerve system
and subconscious mind. This will lead you naturally onto the next
inner plateau, then to the next and the next. Never allow
yourself to be complacent in your spiritual attainments. Always
continue to strive. Even rishis, swamis and yogis who have
totally realized Supreme Soul, continue to work on themselves
from with themselves. They don't let down, because if they did it
would be many years before they had the next experience of the
timelessness, formlessness, spacelessness of the unspeakable
Supreme Soul experience. The message, therefore, is, at the
beginning of meditation and at the end, keep striving. Don't turn
back but proceed with confidence.